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 ARTICLES OF A TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP AND CESSION, Sept. 21, 1832. Concluded at Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, Illinois, between the United States of America, by their Commissioners, Major Feb. 13, 1833.. General Vlnytfield Scott, of the United States Army, and his Excellency ohn Reynolds, Governor of the State of Illinois, and the confederated tribes of Sac and Fox Indians, re resented, in general Council, by the undersigned Ohiqs, Hdizdmen and Warriors. Wrrnnnas, under certain lawless and desperate leaders, a formidable band, constituting a large portion of the Sac and Fox nation, left their country in April last, and, in violation of treaties, commenced an unprovoked war upon unsuspecting and defenceless citizens of the United States, sparing neither age nor sex; and whereas, the United States, at a great expense of treasure, have subdued the said hostile band, killing or capturing all its principal Chiefs and \Varri0rs-the said States, partly as indemnity for the expense incurred, and partly to secure the future safety and tranquillity of the invaded frontier, demand of the said tribes, to the use of the United States, a cession of a tract of the Sac and Fox country, bordering on said frontier, more than proportional to the numbers of the hostile band who have been so conquered and subdued. Cessirm to the Anrrcnn I. Accordingly, the confederated tribes of Sacs and Foxes U¤l*€d S'·¤*"· hereby cede to the United States forever, all the lands to which the said tribes have title, or claim, (with the exception of the reservation hereinafter made,) included within the following bounds, to wit: Beginning on the Mississippi river, at the point where the Sac and Fox northern boundary line, as established by the second article of the treaty of Prairie du Chien, of the fifteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, strikes said river; thence, up said boundary line to a point tiny miles from the Mississippi, measured on said line; thence, in a right line to the nearest point on the Red Cedar of the Ioway, forty miles from the Mississippi river; thence, in a right line to apoint in the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri, fifty miles, measured on said boundary, from the Mississippi river; thence, by the last mentioned boundary to the Mississippi river, and by the western shore of Agreement ge said river to the place of beginning. And the said confederated tribes ¥¢¤¤0V¤» &¢· of Sacs and Foxes hereby stipulate and agree to remove from the lands herein ceded to the United States, on or before the first day of June next; and, in order to prevent any future misunderstanding, it is expressly understood, that no band or party of the Sac or Fox tribes shall reside, plant, fish, or hunt on any portion of the ceded country after the period just mentioned. Rss8m,,;,-,,,_ Anrrrcnn II. Out of the cession made in the preceding article, the United States agree to a reservation for the use of the said confederated tribes, of a tract of land containing four hundred square miles, to be laid off under the directions of the President of the United States, from the boundary line crossing the Ioway river, in such manner that nearly an equal portion of the reservation may be on both sides of said river, (374)